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No drip. No rhythm.

That night, Elias searched online: Why do maple trees stop producing sap? Climate change. Unseasonable heat. Shifting freeze-thaw cycles. He read that some farmers were moving operations north, chasing the cold. guided reading questions

“Too warm,” Elias’s father said, wiping his forehead in mid-March. “The sap isn’t running.” No drip

His father stared into his coffee. “Your great-grandmother’s tree can’t move.” No drip. No rhythm. That night

The next morning, Elias woke before dawn. Frost glittered on the grass. He ran to the sugar bush. From the spile in the old maple, a single drop fell. Then another. He cupped his hand under the flow—cold, clear, sweet.